Learning from Living Architecture

By Philip Beesley, Becky Carroll, Rob Gorbet, Lucinda Presley & Karen Zwart Hielema

Living Architecture Systems Group

This publication will explore how the LASG uses its testbeds to support STEAM learning. It will provide background on the STEAM movement as a response to both economic conditions and insights into learning and cognition that have shifted our understanding of where innovative thinking comes from and how it might be fostered. Through three case studies of STEAM projects for different audiences it will introduce the LASG’s approach to this type of learning and show how testbeds support STEAM curricula. Finally, it will offer a brief overview of ongoing STEAM efforts and how they intersect with the LASG’s work more broadly.